wedge
One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
Example
“Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.”
Other meanings
A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
“Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?”
Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "weċġ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “wedge” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.